Definition of 'glean'. Word Frequency. glean (gliËn ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense gleans , present participle gleaning , past tense , past participle gleaned. verb. If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.
THE Netherlands is a country. It lies in western Europe and is a kingdom. Beatrix is Queen and is be-widowed from her husband Prince Claus of the Netherlands Her son is â¦Prince Willem Alexander, he will be king as soon as his mother decides to step down the throne.
Talking about the Netherlands, people often incorrectly call it Holland. In fact, only the central part of the Netherlands is geographically named Holland. This part of the country consists now of two provinces Noord Holland (North Holland) and Zuid-Holland (South Holland).This is the region with important cities as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague (Den Haag), Delft, Leiden and Haarlem.The Netherlands is located in North Western Europe, at the West and North-West coastline the North Sea; the country borders with Belgium from the South and Germany from the East and Northeast.alking about the Netherlands, people often incorrectly call it Holland. In fact, only the central part of the Netherlands is geographically named Holland. This part of the country consists now of two provinces Noord Holland (North Holland) and Zuid-Holland (South Holland).